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Venturous Randy

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  1. Well, our weather down here is about 29º this morning, but we are looking at low to mid 70's in a couple of days. I wish I could get with you Gary as I am about 90 miles away, but I am working. RandyA
  2. Maybe he is one of the "Village People"? RandyA
  3. I have had Elite II's and now Elite III's on my 83 and I like the III's just fine. Between the two, I would take the III's. RandyA
  4. This does not sound like your situation, but one of the problems people have on these bikes is if they are like mine, DO NOT give it ANY throttle while starting. I may give mine a little choke, but if I give it any throttle, it don't work good. I will use the choke to control RPM"s for a few seconds until it gets going. RandyA
  5. Anybody remember the "Mini 8-track"? I had one in my 64 Chevelle in about 72. RandyA
  6. I got my Elite III for my 1st gen from the Superstore for $102 delivered to the door. That was about $35 under my local independent dealer who usually does pretty good. RandyA
  7. I have seen some real pretty white 1st gens, that ain't one of them. They may be keeping that one a long time if they don't come down on the price, a lot. RandyA
  8. Took a little ride down thru the country yesterday. It was 70º and beautiful. But, it rained all day today and maybe got up to 50º. It is supposed to slowly get back up to the upper 60's as the normal temp for this time of year is about 69º here. One of the things I tend to pay attention to on the weather is record highs and there were a lot of them in the early 50's. But, now that we have global warming, maybe it will get back to where it was almost 50 years ago. RandyA
  9. How about "Daddy Moose"? RandyA
  10. You da man!!!!!!! That was great and would make an awsome news story. RandyA
  11. Several years ago I installed the lighted strip from Big Bike parts on a friend's MKII and rather than mount the Venture logo back on the light strip, I moved it up to the upper half of the trunk. It looked very good in that location. RandyA
  12. Isn't it a bummer when you still have green leaves on the trees with snow on them? RandyA
  13. Hey, great pics and glad you got some seat time, and with your son. RandyA
  14. Ya might want to check with Snopes, that sounds like an urban legend to me. Welcome aboard. RandyA
  15. Well, it could be worse!! RandyA
  16. Did they restart the serial numbers at each year? RandyA
  17. Wow, that's really neat! RandyA
  18. So, your karma is finally working in your favor for a change, huh? As they say, what goes around, comes around, and if anyone deserves something special, it is you an Lonna. RandyA
  19. Well, the local weather just did the prognosis on our winter here. This is official since the wolly worm is used and it is always right. These things are kind of orange and will have black areas. Where it is black, it is supposed to be cold. The one they showed was black on each end and the middle was orange. That means that the first part of winter will be cold, then most will be above average then before spring rolls in, it will get cold for a little while. We have found this to be a lot more accurate then that idiot rodent seeing his shadow. RandyA
  20. One biggie is exhaust headers. The 1st gen goes on the inside of the frame and the 2nd gen goes on the outside. The heads are made different. RandyA
  21. It may have been where the rubber seal is rubbing on the axle spacer and it was very dry. But, I would suggest that sometime in the future that you remove the wheel and replaced the bearings. It is not a big deal and gives better piece of mind. RandyA
  22. Today after work, I stopped by one of the local salvage yards to see if they had a window roll up for Laura's van. I was told that now they have a new yard with Cash for clunkers vehicles in it and they should have plenty. I went in and saw at least 200+ vehicles and to be honest, it looked like a pretty nice car lot. In fact, there were a lot of cars and trucks that I would be proud to own. There was an 02 Burgundy Escalade in very nice shape, a two door Seville with a Northstar engine, several Blazer SUV's that looked almost new and on and on and on. It was absolutely unbelievable that many of these vehicles were not worth more than $4,500 for a straight trade-in or private sell. They are now selling parts off them, but no engine parts. But, with "disabled" written across the windshield, the engines are worthless, since they have been seized up. I know several people that are in great need of a decent vehicle and it is truly a shame at what has happened to these vehicles. Yeah, there are some that are truly clunkers, but many were really nice. RandyA
  23. Pull the diaphragms out and look for holes and also check to see if the seat where the needle goes into is seated correctly. Are you sure you are running on all four cylinders? Start it up and let run for 20 or 30 seconds and cut it off and feel of your exhaust header pipes and see if they all are about the same temps. RandyA
  24. Could you have a small oil leak dripping down on your exhaust? RandyA
  25. Condor, my feelings exactly. RandyA
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